The free piano became a bit of drama, of course. Turns out that the salt of winter has corroded the wiring harness for my trailer hitch and the champions at u haul were unable to fix it in time so I had to enlist the help of the owner and the catering trailer to haul it. It only cost me a fifteen hour work day and 25 dollars worth of burger king which is significantly cheaper. My fifteen hour day came first, when I got stuck at the offsite til 12:00 because I was the only on with a car big enough to break down the bar and take it back. That was also odd because the guy who was the music ended up being a friend of mine from way back so at least I had some one to talk to for a while. The boss dropped off the piano in front of the house because he had to get to a hockey game and my buddies and I got it in the house. I did manage to wrangle one more guy so with four of us and the wife keeping the dollies moving and in place we got it in with no blood and minimal swearing and gnashing of teeth. Now we just have to rearrange the living room to fit it in and get it tuned. It have so finish damage that is fairly recent but the workings are still in great shape. This is ramble-y and I am exhausted. I am off for the night SG.


The wife has promised to learn this one for me. She is a badass piano player but we just haven't had one for a while.

I wrote a blog yesterday then my computer turned amish and everything went away. It wasn't very good anyway. This morning I woke up and had to pull a tooth before work. The Ziz lost her first tooth, there was a little blood and crying but she quickly turned that around to tooth fairy excitement. Ms. Sun was sick yesterday but back to good again today.

Tomorrow is a stupid busy day at work because it is parents weekend and high school homecoming this weekend. Tonight was crazy and tomorrow should be twice as busy. Luckily I will be doing an offsite wedding so I should miss the bulk of the retardation. woohoo.

One of my favorite newer country guys is in town tonight but there is no way I can get out to see him. Fred Eaglesmith is an odd dude with some cool songs.



Sunday I have to drive down to Alton and move an upright grand piano then bring it home and stuff it in my house. I have wrangled my two friends that I can con into helping me do stupid things and the kids should learn a few new words and get some life lessons watching the spectacle. ISU is sponsoring a youth symphony thing called "the string project" Ms. Sun will be participating and has chosen to learn to play the bass. 1/4 size bass to start. I am not buying a real one until I am sure she is going to stick with it for a while but I have been looking for an excuse to buy an upright bass for ever so I am rooting for her to like it. That all I got today. Peace SG.


sometimes this song makes me cry.

Man one day off a week is just not enough. Work is crazy busy and just getting busier and crazier. The new sous started this week. She seems like a cool chick and she is considerably more down to earth than the exec so hopefully she can help get things nailed down and organized. Banquets have picked up because of a couple big weddings and parties that went well so that is good for me. I should be able to stay in the back and do what I like.

The wife had to go back to work for a while tonight so the girls and I are eating dirty rice and watching adventure time. They are digging school. Ms. Sun has signed up to be on safety patrol so I guess I am raising a dork. I was on safety patrol too when I was in grade school. Are town had its first school shooting this week. Shots were fired but no one was hurt. That shit is so crazy. I know that school sucks but why shoot at school? If you are going to blow off some steam shoot a stop sign like the country kids do. Time for showers and bed. The youngest has taken to tattooing herself. At least she generally writes dad on one arm. Yesterday it was chef in chinese.

All right. I got off early and the kids and wife are out on the town. There are many things I could do with this time but I am going to spent it right here. I am way behind on blogs and MR sets. Tonight I should get to spread some love around, I am starting to get a bit pent up. Ha ha.

My Willie Nelson hat came in today. I can't wear it to work because of the little pot leaf but it is pretty kickass.


On the way to work I heard an awesome song about how you can't hurt ham. I guess it is a Ricky Skaggs tune.



My gig at the farmer's market was rained out but I was kind of glad at 8 in the morning not to have to get up a pick but it had been a while. Work has been alright lately. This weekend we have a huge off site wedding to cater. It is going to suck bells. It is served family style instead of buffet and it is going to be crazy to pull off. I am kind of dreading/looking forward to it.

The girls are digging school and swimming lessons stated back up today. Evidently the Ziz is being much more brave this time around. They both had their eyes tested this week and don't need glasses. The wife and I are both the only people on our sides of the family to not have them yet so I was pleasantly surprised.

And here are a couple randoms the wife picked up this week.

Yes that is bacon.



And some truth...



And to keep me honest I will confess that I once again wrote this whole thing as a comment on my old blog instead of posting new but I caught it before posting this time. HA to me. peace SG

The girls just finished their dance party. Dancing in the dark with light up shoes and flashlights with the computer music on random. Johnny Cash into Barry White into Beastie Boys, their dj smokes the good stuff obviously. Nothing like frenzied dancing to sweep one off to sleep with a smile. Now I just hope they have not worn out the wife.

Tomorrow I am supposed to be playing at the farmer's market but it is looking like we will be rained out. We are supposed to play at nine a.m. and that is when the fore cast changes from rain to thunder storm. It wouldn't hurt my feeling if we got shut out I have a lot of stuff to do at work tomorrow. We are closed on monday so I get two days off in a row. Woohoo. For those of you that are mutual friends with TreeThingBlue he has gone on hiatus. The wife is on a three day migraine. She has at least gotten some new meds though reading the side effect sheets is always unsettling. I am off to bed. Peace SG.

We took the girls to see the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. It was just like the other ones, cute but long. Now I am getting ready to grill pork chops in the rain. Good times.

Today I went to the store for maybe twenty minutes and when I got back they had walked the sales guy. Didn't let him finish his two weeks, just cut him a check and said pack yer shit. It is a dick move but kind of standard practice in the industry as far as I have seen. Except to me. I have never gotten a fat check and sent home early. Last job my last day was a 500 ppl St. Patrick's Day party and my last day at the hotel was Easter Brunch, no way they would let me out of those. In Rapid City my last day was super crazy and I ended up falling half way down a steep ass set of narrow metal stairs that I knew I was going to fall down some day and hadn't yet. Every salaried person that gave notice at the Dubtree got walked except me, I had to remember to give them my keys when I left and the Food and Beverage director just cried at me. They walked my friend and he left with a check for six grand because they paid out all his sick/vacation days and paid him estimated gratuity for two weeks. I was really hoping for that. ha ha. Any way the owner finally sat with me before I left a told me what I had already figured out. It was nice of them to finally make it official I suppose. Tomorrow will be just as crazy as today and that was pretty nuts. Maybe in all this turmoil they will throw a little cash my way to ensure my future happiness. One can only hope.

Both the spawn are loving school so far. Being total bitches to each other but loving school. Can't have it all I suppose.

I am off to shower because I am foul and sore and if I am clean I won't have to look at boobs on the computer because the ones in my living room will come closer. Peace out SG.


I literally have a hundred versions of this song but I have never heard this one.

The Ziz starts kindergarten tomorrow. She is so excited she didn't even mind going to bed. I am not going to mind going to bed either.